Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada presented a budget update on Tuesday showing that his government’s deficit would be less than projected last fall and that the country’s economy would most likely grow over the coming year despite several key industries being buffeted by President Trump’s tariffs. The spring economic update, a mini budget of…
“I’m always on the lookout for interesting characters that suggest a world,” says John Carney, the director behind music-driven films like Once and Sing Street. Having dedicated himself to being a cinematic chronicler of music and the people who make it, Carney has carved out a unique in-between space as a storyteller. A self-professed “failed…
Shorouk Express The base is where Canada leads a multi-national NATO brigade in its largest foreign military deployment. Canada has trained 45,000 Ukrainian troops through NATO’s Operation Unifier, starting soon after Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Training was relocated to Poland after Russia’s full-scale February 2022 invasion. Carney’s political meetings will include Polish President Donald Tusk, Latvian Prime…
Shorouk Express Trump has repeatedly said he’d love Canada to become the 51st U.S. state and dismissively referred to Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau as “Governor Trudeau.” The U.S president slapped tariffs on imports from Canada within days of taking office. While Carney has been a strident critic of Trump, Britain’s Starmer has taken a different…
Shorouk Express The morning political podcast which gives you all need for the day ahead in 20 minutes, usually with Sky News’ Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy. But, for this episode, Anne is somewhere over the Atlantic travelling back from the US so Sam is joined by Politico’s Tim Ross. Mark Carney’s Liberal Party…
